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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 13, 1939
Page
7
Alan Cameron battles Naskapi warriors and a fierce husky in a brutal clash amid the barrens. He wounds and fells several attackers, while Roughy saves him, as Heather Noel and McCord await his return with a heavy deer meat load and wary hope for the next leg of the journey.
The St. Thomas Times-Journal notes Britain increases electrified commercial transport as gasoline rationing rises interest in electric automobiles. About 5,000 were in service before the war. firms plan 50,000 in a year. Battery powered, 35 mile range per charge, one third fuel cost, immediate start, silent, reliable with long service like the Savoy Hotel baggage car at 40 miles daily for 18 years.
The pteranodon from the Cretaceous Period is identified as the largest flying animal known. It boasted a 21 foot wingspan. The Incas of Peru revered the whale for its magnitude and monstrous nature.
The article explains the British Navy is run by a board led by the First Lord of the Admiralty with five Sea Lords. The First Sea Lord handles war preparation, the Second oversees personnel, the Third ships and munitions, the Fourth supplies and transport, and the Fifth commands the air branch. A permanent secretary and civil officials support them. Strategy rests with the Commander-in-Chief and about a dozen other admirals.
The Windsor Star recalls J F Fish of Chicago who was totally blind for 30 years and recovered his sight in 1930 at age 70 and notes how his appearance and era changed from 1900 to 1930 and muses on a hypothetical modern blind man gaining sight.
Kibbey W. Couse of Maplewood has developed portable mobile airports made in a Newark riverfront plant. He says several are in use in the Orient and Europe and that setting up one requires only a flat field and 13 tons of machinery. The truck unit travels up to 50 miles per hour and uses tractor treads for rough ground.
A canvasser arrives at the Canadian Red Cross in Toronto with a roll of bills from a sad young man who said his fiancée returned the ring after breaking their engagement. He claimed the money was the ring proceeds. There is a note about an eel dying after spawning season and a quirky line about Kentucky colonels.
At Grand Central Palace hotel keepers and restaurant owners report losses of linens and table silver as a major expense. A National Executive Housekeepers' Association spokesman cites a hotel that served 2000 meals and lost 400 napkins, illustrating souvenir hunting and rising costs.
A Calgary Alberta item notes the famed democrat used by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during a Banff visit may soon bring a Sarcee couple into Calgary. The vehicle, painted royal purple and gold, sits outside a reserve cabin and could roll into the city on market day.
German secret police arrest would be buyers of radios advertised to pick up European stations. Headphones are seized after reports of hidden short wave sets. Separate note cites the herring as a major food fish and 1937 penny issues by the Royal Mint.
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